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Meanings/matching & abbreviations

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Bland diet   hiatus hernia  
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Cardiac diet   low in fat/cholesterol, restricts sodium and calories  
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Clear fluids diet   liquids that you can see through  
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Diabetic diet   prescribed number of calories  
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Full fluids diet   generally follows clear fluid diet  
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Gluten-free diet   Celiac disease  
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High-calorie diet   anorexia  
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High-fibre diet   stimulates peristaltic action  
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High-protein diet   promotes tissue repair and weight gain  
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Ice chips or sips only diet   major surgery  
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Low-residue/surgical soft diet   colostomy  
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Minced diet   patients can swallow a little  
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No added salt diet   ordered for patients with fluid retention  
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Progressive diet   food introduced in stages  
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Pureed diet   dysphagia  
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Regular diet   no restrictions  
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Soft diet   involves little or no chewing  
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Transitional diet   introduced to selected solid foods before or after surgery  
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10 Fr. NG tube   10 French nasogastric tube  
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AL   albumin  
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AST   aspartate aminotransferase  
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BRAT   bananas, rice, applesauce, toast  
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BSP   bowel sounds are present  
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BUN   blood urea nitrogen  
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cal   calories  
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Cardiac diet   diet for patients with heart disease  
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CBC   complete blood count  
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CDA diet   Canadian Diabetic Association diet  
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CF   clear fluids  
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CF-DAT   clear fluids progress to diet as tolerated  
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d/c or dc   discontinue  
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DAT   diet as tolerated  
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DD   diabetic diet  
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EF   enteral feed  
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FF   full fluids  
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FF-DAT   full fluids progress to diet as tolerated  
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GF   gluten-free  
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G-tubes   gastrostomy tube  
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HF   high fibre diet  
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HP   high protein diet  
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IDDM   insulin dependant diabetes mellitus  
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INR   international normalized ratio  
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IV   intravenous  
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J-tubes   jejunostomy tube  
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LOW SODIUM   low sodium diet (less than 3000 mg/day)  
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LR   low residue diet  
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MIC device   bard button  
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NAS   no added salt diet (3000-4000 mg/day)  
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N-G tube   nasogastric tube  
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NIDDM   non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus  
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NPO   nothing by mouth  
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OGTT   oral glucose tolerance test  
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PAR   parenteral feed  
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PE   puree  
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PEG tube   percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube  
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PTT   partial thromboplastin time  
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REG   regular/full diet  
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SOFT/SURGICAL   soft surgial diet (low in fibre)  
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SS   surgical soft diet  
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T&A   tonisilectomy and adenoidectomy  
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TPN   total parenteral nutrition  
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TPN baseline   total parental nutrition baseline lab work  
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VERY LOW SODIUM   very low sodium diet (2000 mg/day or less)  
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VMA   vanillylmandelic acid test  
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